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Originally Posted by CoryB
Exactly. The Oak Bank corridor route isn't a "new" highway but a relocation of HWY 15 essentially between 101 and 206. When it is completed it would continue on to CPT and effectively close Gunn Rd at the Perimeter permanently. The Oak Bank corridor route would mostly go through fields used for farming.
The whole "twinning" of HWY 15 is why both HWY 15 and Gunn Rd currently don't have better plans in place on the Perimeter. The issue is all heavily interconnected.
When you are looking at traffic counts from the Oak Bank area you need to look at both HWY 15 and 213 west of 206 as Oak Bank is in between the two. If a limited access four lane road was built between 206 and the Perimeter a lot of that traffic would be pulled into the new road.
Also while it is known as the Oak Bank corridor route it would also serve Dugald, Anola and other parts of Springfield.
In terms of the costing of a route, as it would be a provincial highway and people living in those area are paying provincial taxes they are already picking up the cost. Considering it has been on the books for 20+ years already that is one heck of a down payment.
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But the city is expected to build a brand new road to accommodate this one and all the tax dodgers that come with it. No wonder we can't improve the roads that already exist. And people paying provincial taxes all benefit from roads with the greatest benefit to the province. A highway from a bedroom community to the city won't have the economic spinoffs of improving the main highway through the province.